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Tuesday at Heartwood was a gorgeous warm and sunny day but not so hot it was hard to work. In the morning we all did different activities...

On Wednesday at Heartwood, we started the day with a walk around the woods to make a list of things that need our attention. We then made...

On Tuesday, the roof was added to the wood storage shed. It took some angle grinding and pop-rivetting to put it in place but we are...

Wednesday was the hottest day of the year so far and we were so grateful to have the shade of the trees today. We had another new person...

On Tuesday, we got very busy in Fruit corner and some of us spent most of the day preparing the soil by sieving the biochar, weeding,...

Tuesday was another wonderful sunny spring day in the woods. We were delighted to see the stunning bluebells in full bloom, they are...

On Wednesday we had a fab day finishing off one planter and making a completely new one too! The supporting diagonals on the legs and...

Tuesday at Heartwood was a busy day. We had a full group of students and two visitorsI It was a wonderful sight when we arrived at the...

This week Mark was digging the drain to try and discover why it is blocked. It started with a huge pair of blue gloves and resulted in a...

On Wednesday it was a lovely relaxing sunny day. We pottered around with the plant seedlings, potting out the peas and radishes, which...

Today we had a very different and exciting day as it was the first charcoal burn of the year. We spent the day as a team working together...

Today at Heartwood we enjoyed such beautiful warm, sunny weather. We spent most of the morning doing group jobs in the coppiced area....

Today we had another fun filled day of chopping wood, tadpole tending, apple toasting, garden weeding, seedling watering and spatula...

On Thursday 20th March it was the Spring Equinox. This is one of the Celtic 8 wheels of the year that are celebrated and at Heartwood we...

Wednesday's highlight was the frog spawn rescue we undertook. We'd noticed the frogspawn a few weeks ago but recently noticed the drop in...

On Tuesday, we gathered willow from the boundary fence that had been pollarded the day before. The side branches were then cut off and...

On Wednesday we were delighted to be able to tap the sap from a silver birch tree. This involved cutting a thin branch and tying a...

Another brilliant day bathed in warm Spring sunshine at Heartwood. We made a start on building a new woodshed for, and partly from, the...

It was a very wet Wednesday in the woods but we didn't let it dampen our spirits. Work was done felling and logging some birch and...

After a lot of rain over the past week, it is incredibly muddy in the woods! However, wehad a great day working together on a range of...